Chapter Eight hundred and Ninety Six: Entering the Barbarians
"It is natural to pay back debts. This is the law of heaven and no one can rely on it."
Liu Chengfeng was silent for a while and continued: "So not only can the bank no longer lend, but the debt must be recovered as soon as possible. This is what King Gu is discussing with you today. King Gu is ordered to guard Nanyang, which represents the establishment of the Emperor of Heaven.
Nanyang continues, and there are many countries in this place, each with its own set of rules. Therefore, we must first establish an order so that the national laws of our country of Chu can be used in all countries. In this way, Nanyang will be peaceful."
"There is no rule without rules. This is what I want to say today. Putting away the money bag is the first step. If you want to force the lords to submit, you must prescribe the right medicine. First, let them know how to be afraid, and then they will let them.
They know how to be obedient, and if they listen, the rules will be established." Liu Chengfeng looked at the three political ministers with a smile, and shook out what he was thinking: "Establish Nanyang
The order is not just what the lonely king means. It is based on the destiny of the court and the hearts of the merchants. What the court wants is a stable Nanyang. If the merchants want to do business with peace of mind, they must minimize the risks. The lonely king heard
, In Java, many businessmen were kidnapped by Javanese bandits and demanded ransom, but the Javanese government was incompetent and could not capture the murderers. Think about it, who dares to do business in Southeast Asia like this? "
Liu Chengfeng paused here, with a cold look in his eyes: "So the Chu State must control the judicial, public security, and financial powers of each country. Without these three rights, it will not work. The royal families of each country must also give them
They set up rules and govern their people. But they must also wholeheartedly safeguard the interests of the merchants of Ming and Chu, otherwise, what is the use of having them?"
Li Dongdong and the other three nodded secretly at first, feeling that what Liu Chengfeng said was reasonable. However, the more they listened, the more they felt something was wrong. Especially that sentence, if it was not for the benefit of Da Ming and Da Chu, what was the use of them?
No matter how I hear this sentence, I feel
There seems to be something wrong. The vassal princes are not the domestic slaves of His Royal Highness King Chu. They are not officials of the Ming Dynasty. They do not eat Liu Chengfeng's food, and they do not receive pay from the Ming court. Why do these words sound like a vassal prince?
Have they become the puppets of the Ming Dynasty and Liu Chengfeng?
Liu Chengfeng looked at the three of them with a smile and said: "You don't have to guess the thoughts of the lonely king. The lonely king's thoughts are simple and clear. In fact, it is to tighten the control of the Southeast Asian countries. Rules are a means of control. If you cannot control, what are you talking about?
Guarding Nanyang? The lonely king read some ancient books a few days ago and was quite inspired. The enfeoffment system of the Zhou Dynasty is quite interesting, but why did Zhou replace it with Qin? In the final analysis, the King of Zhou did not take back the power.
Together, we do not have enough power to overwhelm all countries. Now we will start from three aspects. The first step is to hold the money bags of each country. Let them have no money and sit on pins and needles. Without money, the national treasury will be in deficit. The national treasury will be in deficit.
If we have to levy taxes indiscriminately and levy taxes indiscriminately, then these feudal kings will be sitting on the crater of a volcano. They will know this truth, so they must be afraid at this time."
Liu Chengfeng played with a piece of rough jade and said slowly: "Fear alone is not enough, everyone has a sense of luck. Although we have pinched their money bags, they may not take risks. There is no shortage of defaults in this world."
Once someone defaults on his debt, what should we do in Chu State?"
Paying back debts is a matter of course, and this is the truth. But this is the real world, and the vassals are barbarians. Do the barbarians still reason with you?
Li Dongdong narrowed his eyes and said, "Then the next step is to demonstrate."
Liu Chengfeng smiled slightly, nodded and said: "Yes, let's be reasonable first, but when it's time to fight, we have to fight, so we must kill the chicken to scare the monkeys and let them know the consequences of disobedience. When they know that the consequences of defaulting will be even worse.
, this heart of fear will evolve into a heart of supplication.”
A person who has his money bag pinched may take a desperate risk, but once he knows the consequences of taking a desperate risk, the desperate risk-taking will turn into a weak cry.
Liu Chengfeng laughed and said very relaxedly: "Then, they will have to accept any conditions proposed by Chu State."
Zhao Kang's eyes lit up and he said: "Your Highness is wise. Although the current situation in Nanyang is relatively stable, it is not a long-term solution. After all, Chu State is a small country with few people. It is not easy to contain such vassal states in Nanyang.
For today's plan, it is still as His Highness said
He said, first use the method of intimidation, and then establish the rules, so that our country of Chu can be superior to other countries, so that we can have an effective method. Just now, His Highness said that we should consolidate the three powers of death, public security, and finance of each country, but the humble minister did not
I feel like it's still a little short of heat, if
We cannot gather the various political powers. The above three powers are just decorations. Only with military power can we guarantee the interests of our great Chu in various countries. I have some ideas, why not take the opportunity to reorganize the various political powers and use them for my own use?
?Of course, doing so has not
If it doesn't work, my Ming Dynasty will do this, but there will be many obstacles. The vassals may not be willing to submit, especially the vassal kings of various countries. How can they be willing to just sit back and wait for death? So the meaning of Weichen is to gather as much military power as possible, and fight for more if you can.
Some."
Zhang Wen, who was sitting aside, put his hands on his legs, but secretly shook his head and said: "Master Zhao's suggestion is good, but the old minister disagrees. After all, the Yi people are Yi people. Even if they are incorporated, I'm afraid it will be very wrong.
, it is better to recruit Han people to expand the army and deter other countries. Our Ming Dynasty has an endless supply of manpower. As long as Chu State has enough financial resources, it is not enough to build a huge army.
It is difficult to calculate, but with enough deterrence and order established in Nanyang, wouldn't the money for raising the army be endless? It is important to have soldiers in hand, but sometimes, force alone will not work, and we must also
It can influence all countries, make their nobles accept Muhua one after another, make them think about what I, the Ming Dynasty, think, and think about what I, the Ming Dynasty, think. Only in this way can everything be foolproof."
Zhang Wen was silent for a moment. Seeing that Liu Chengfeng was very interested in his suggestion, he cheered up and continued: "So Wei Chen suggested that in addition to using loans to control various countries, we should also
To expand the army and horses, the number can be temporarily set at 200,000. With these 200,000 heroes, we will recruit warriors from all ethnic groups in Southeast Asia, and use our military attachés from the Ming Dynasty as the backbone to build various camps. The number cannot be too large or too small. If there are too many, it will be difficult to control.
Less and can’t
For my use, the number of troops is no more than 200,000, and the troops and horses from various countries cannot be stationed on the spot. For example, the Annan battalion recruited by Annan Kingdom is not allowed to practice garrison in Annan, but they can be transferred to Chenla Kingdom or Aceh.
national garrison
, they are in a foreign country, they eat the military pay of our Chu State, they are controlled by our military attachés of the Ming Dynasty, they receive the education of my Ming Dynasty, but they face the common people of foreign races. In this way, naturally
Then you will be able to obey.”
Liu Chengfeng nodded repeatedly after hearing this. Although Chu State has not yet been able to effectively control Nanyang, Zhang Wen's long-term plan for the future makes Liu Chengfeng quite interesting. He used the soldiers of Annan State to defend Aceh State.
, garrisoned Chenla with Acehnese troops,
Using the Chenla people to suppress the Luzon people will not only make the vassal soldiers who are far away from their hometown feel lonely, so that they will completely focus on the Han military attachés, but also if something happens to the country, these vassal soldiers will not have any psychology
Burden, this method is really wonderful.
Moreover, the Han army and the vassal camp maintain a balance of power. Even if the vassal camp has any evil intentions, the Chu army can suppress them at any time to minimize the risk.
Liu Chengfeng looked at the article with great interest and said: "What Zhang Aiqing said won the heart of the lonely king. This is a wonderful move."
Zhang Wen's face was red. When he was a clerk in the cabinet, he never had any ideas and always listened to others. Now what he has figured out has been recognized by Liu Chengfeng. This has never happened before.
The sense of satisfaction made him feel a little elated, and he continued: "Other than that, it is Muhua. In fact, the Uijeongyo Government can encourage scholars to travel to various vassals and provide them with sufficient funding.
It can increase their knowledge, and at the same time, it can spread their knowledge and the principles of saints to all parts of Southeast Asia. If you want to let the feudal people know the etiquette, you must first impress their hearts, so you need small favors, so some scholars who have no livelihood
, you can also give them a certain amount of money, let them open schools in various places, teach some Chinese, and at the same time send some doctors out to open some medical clinics to treat the barbarians.
There are many miasmas and plagues in the places where the barbarians live, and many places even rely on witch doctors to treat diseases. Having these doctors go out will not only let the barbarians know the benevolence of the Ming Dynasty, win their hearts, but also make other people
Shaoyi people have learned the medical skills of the Ming Dynasty one after another. To learn medical skills, you need to start by learning Chinese characters. To learn Chinese characters, you must read the Four Books and Five Classics. The teachings of the saints emphasize that when you enter the barbarians, you will become barbarians.
Hua Hua, as long as you have etiquette in your heart, you will be Hua, and if you don't understand etiquette, you will be barbaric. In this way, it will definitely influence the talents and nobles from all over the world and make them yearn for China. If there are any conflicts of interest in the future, they will naturally
It is unavoidable to consider it from the perspective of China. Your Highness, if this matter can be successful, it will be enough to defeat our Chu State's 100,000-strong army. Using force alone will only alienate all countries, which is not a long-term solution after all."
Liu Chengfeng nodded with deep understanding and said: "Great talent Zhang Aiqing, the lonely king is determined to adopt these principles, but he just doesn't know where to start?"
When asked about this, Zhang Wen couldn't help being dumbfounded. He had been in the cabinet for a long time and had learned 70% to 80% of the far-sighted national policies, but he had never tried how to implement them. For a moment, he couldn't answer.
(To be continued)
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